The "For the People" ad makes no verifiable assertions.
"A key distinction in these cases often relates to whether the representations are 'mere puffery,' meaning general assertions like 'best breakfast in town,' which are acceptable under the law, or objectively verifiable assertions like 'guaranteed to reduce your blood pressure by 10percentt,'" Elias said.
Experience verifies my assertion.
ACCURACY -- Many of the claims in this spot are not verifiable, with the most direct assertion against the president being the claim that his priorities are "eroding the American Dream".
"These are no longer assertions, they're verifiable conclusions," Sainz said.
Moral statements were, In Ayer's view, not verifiable, and so could not be construed as assertions of fact, being interpreted instead as expressions of emotion.
If you want us to publish material that isn't in response to one of our stories, or isn't easily verifiable, send links we can review to back up your assertions.
The notion that "Comey is a liar" is less the view of mainstream Republicans than an attempt by the president's supporters to redefine "lie" as any assertion of inconvenient information, no matter how easily or obviously verifiable.
Assertions can be true or false, and are always verifiable (or not) by an objective third party.
Toiling in the archives of the verifiable, fortified by the reliability of contemporaneous documentation, the fact-checker is a last defense against the chaos of unsupported assertion and outrageous mendacity.
Verifiable secret sharing.
